Title: Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean in 1654 (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2014
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
Dates
- Issued: 2014-04
- Coverage: 1654
Publishers
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Pascaerte van West Indien : van de Caribes tot aen de Golfo van Mexico by Theunis Iacobsz op't water inde Lootsman, from the Frederik de Wit's untitled Dutch Sea Atlas. It was published by F. de Wit in 1654. Scale [ca. 1:9,000,000]. Covers the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. Map in Dutch.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84) coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows coastal features such as harbors, inlets, rocks, channels, points, coves, shoals, islands, and more. Includes also selected land features such as cities and towns, and other points of interest.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.
Subjects
- Transportation
- Oceans
- Atlantic Ocean
- Gulf of Mexico
- Caribbean Sea
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Aruba
- Bahamas, The
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bermuda
- British Virgin Islands
- Cayman Islands
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Curacao
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador
- French Guiana
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Martinique
- Montserrat
- Netherlands
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sint Maarten
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Venezuela
- Bonaire
- Sint Eustatius
- Saba
- United States
- Virgin Islands
- Puerto Rico
- Maps
- Nautical charts
- Coasts
- Bodies of water
- Harbors
- Hydrography
- Human settlements
- Cities and towns
- Landforms
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-102.581115, -56.673235, 42.141599, 5.618685)
- Geometry: BBOX (-102.581115, -56.673235, 42.141599, 5.618685)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library, Jacobsz, Theunis, 1632?-1679., Wit, Frederik de. Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean in 1654 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g1059-w57-1654-pf-sh14
Format
GeoTIFF